10 November 2022, 5:15 PM |House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis Chair Kathy Castor attends a discussion on how the United States and allies can bolster climate action and change the trajectory of global warming at COP27 climate summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, November 10, 2022.
Kathy Castor, the Chair of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, told an audience at the COP27 summit in Sharm el-Sheikh on Thursday that if Republicans take control of the Congress it could reduce the chances for additional legislative action to fight global warming. Speaking on the same panel, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi criticized lawmakers who disagree global warming is a real problem,and said Democrats and Republicans would have to work together to combat climate change.
Republicans edged closer on Thursday to securing a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives two days after Democrats staved off an anticipated “red wave” of Republican gains in Tuesday’s midterm elections.